Law enforcement property & evidence management guide
By: California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
Publisher: California Commission on POST
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Sacramento, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Police property control; Handbooks, manuals; Evidence preservation; Police; Law enforcement
Other titles: Law enforcement property and evidence management guide; Property & evidence management guide
Description: The purpose of this property and evidence management guide is to provide standardized guidelines for the management of the property and evidence system and the processing of property and evidence. Proper management and procedures help to ensure the integrity of the property process, protect the evidentiary value of property, and restore property to its owners in a timely manner. The failure to manage the property and evidence system correctly can affect the prosecution of criminal violators, resulting in embarrassment and financial loss to the agency, and lead to a loss of public confidence in the agency.
Table of contents: title: Commissioners; title: Foreword / Kenneth J. O'Brien; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. Organizational considerations; title: 2. Documentation; title: 3. Storage facilities; title: 4. Property/evidence handling procedures; title: 5. Audits and inventories; title: 6. Property disposition/purging; title: 7. Legal and regulatory issues; title: 8. Automation; title: Index; title: Appendix A. Glossary of terms; title: Appendix B. Sample forms; title: Appendix C. What every law enforcement officer should know about DNA evidence / National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence, National Institute of Justice (September 1999).